圣 (聖) shèng
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shèng
adjective
sacred
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
Notes: (Giles 1892 '聖'; Kroll 2015 '聖' 2b, p. 410) -
shèng
adjective
clever; wise; shrewd
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 圣 has the same meaning as 乖觉 (Guoyu '聖' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '聖' 2, p. 410) -
shèng
noun
a master; an expert
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, chess master 棋圣 (FGDB '聖'; Guoyu '聖' n 2; Kroll 2015 '聖' 3, p. 410) -
shèng
noun
a sage; a wise man; a saint
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
Notes: In this sense 圣 has the same meaning as 圣人; in a Buddhist context, this translates the Sanskrit term ārya (BL 'ārya'; BCSD '聖'; FGDB '聖'; Guoyu '聖' n 1; MW 'ārya'). -
shèng
adjective
noble; sovereign; without peer
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 君主的 (Guoyu '聖' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '聖' 1, p. 410) -
shèng
adjective
agile
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '聖' 4, p. 410)
Contained in
- 圣灵(聖靈) Holy Ghost; Holy Spirit
- 圣容(聖容) devine or stately appearance and complexion
- 穆圣(穆聖) Prophet Muhammad
- 圣诞岛(聖誕島) Christmas Island
- 圣诞老人(聖誕老人) Father Christmas; Santa Claus
- 朝圣者(朝聖者) a pilgram
- 圣迹(聖跡) holy relics
- 圣餐礼(聖餐禮) The Eucharist; Holy Communion; the Lord's Supper
- 圣哲(聖哲) a sage
- 圣克鲁斯(聖克魯斯) Santa Cruz
- 圣纳帕(聖納帕) Agia Napa, Cyprus / Ayia Napa, Cyprus
- 耶稣基督后期圣徒教会(耶穌基督後期聖徒教會) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 圣人过善(聖人過善) a sage transcends goodness
- 圣诞树(聖誕樹) Christmas tree
- 圣佛明节(聖佛明節) Fiesta de Saint Fermin, festival held annually in Pamplona, Spain
- 圣神降临(聖神降臨) Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)
- 圣神(聖神) feudal term of praise for ruler, king or emperor ; general term for saint in former times; term for God during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国; Holy Spirit (in Christian Trinity) ; God ; Holy Spirit
- 神圣(神聖) divine; hallow; holy; sacred
- 圣彼得(聖彼得) Saint Peter
- 祭圣(祭聖) sacrifice to a sage
- 万圣节前夕(萬聖節前夕) All Saints' Eve; Halloween
- 圣经外传(聖經外傳) Apocrypha; biography external to the classics
- 圣母峰(聖母峰) Goddess peak; Mt Everest
- 耶稣基督末世圣徒教会(耶穌基督末世聖徒教會) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 圣蹟(聖蹟) holy relics
- 宗圣公(宗聖公) hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
- 圣歌(聖歌) hymn
- 元圣(元聖) the paramount sage
- 博科圣地(博科聖地) Boko Haram, Islamic insurgent group in north Nigeria
- 圣杯(聖杯) Holy Grail
- 圣分(聖分) sagehood
- 圣人(聖人) a sage ; the Sage [Confucius] ; the Sage [Emperor] ; sake ; a saint
- 神圣不可侵犯(神聖不可侵犯) sacred; inviolable
- 圣烛节(聖燭節) Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)
- 圣王(聖王) sage king
Also contained in
关圣帝君 、 圣劳伦斯河 、 圣保罗 、 圣多美 、 圣约翰斯 、 圣皮埃尔和密克隆 、 圣巴泰勒米 、 孔圣人 、 齐天大圣 、 圣赫勒拿 、 嗣圣 、 圣体节 、 七圣 、 廓然无圣 、 至圣 、 圣地牙哥
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷六十三 志第三十九 樂三 Volume 63 Treatises 39: Music 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 60
- 卷二十二 志第十二 樂四 Volume 22 Treatises 12: Music 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 47
- 卷一百三十八 志第九十一 樂十三 Volume 138 Treatises 91: Music 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 43
- 卷二十 志第十 樂二 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Music 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 42
- 卷一百三十九 志第九十二 樂十四 Volume 139 Treatises 92: Music 14 History of Song 宋史 — count: 39
- 卷二百四十三 列傳第二 后妃下 Volume 243 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 37
- 卷四十八 志第十七下: 百官志四 Volume 48 Treatises 18: Official Posts 4 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 33
- 卷二 魏書二 文帝紀 Volume 2: Book of Wei 2 - Annals of Emperor Wen Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 33
- 卷一百十四 列傳第二 后妃二 Volume 114 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 30
- 卷二十三 志第十三 樂下 Volume 23 Treatises 13: Music Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 29
Collocations
- 圣主 (聖主) 聖主也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九 主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 13
- 圣智 (聖智) 君自以爲聖智而不問事 — Mozi 墨子, 卷一 七患 Book 1 - The Seven Worries — count: 11
- 圣臣 (聖臣) 有聖臣者 — Xunzi 荀子, 臣道篇第十三 Chapter 13: The Way of the Statesman — count: 9
- 齐圣 (齊聖) 人之齊聖 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小宛 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Wan — count: 6
- 作圣 (作聖) 睿作聖 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 4
- 后圣 (後聖) 之義以俟後聖 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 4
- 王圣 (王聖) 是故明王聖主之治 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷一 君道 Chapter 1: The Way of the Ruler — count: 4
- 彦圣 (彥聖) 人之彥聖 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 秦誓 Zhou Shu - Speech of the Marquis of Qin — count: 4
- 圣广 (聖廣) 克齊聖廣淵 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 微子之命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Count of Wei — count: 3
- 圣道 (聖道) 昔者南榮疇恥聖道之獨亡於己 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十九 脩務訓 Chapter 19: Cultivation of Effort — count: 3